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A comprehensive review on hydrogel materials in urology: Problems, methods, and new opportunities

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WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/jbm.b.35179

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biomaterials; hydrogel; regenerative medicine; tissue engineering; urology

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Hydrogel materials have great potential in treating urinary system conditions, including intravesical drug delivery, ureteral stents design, and reconstruction of urinary bladder and urethral defects. They also find applications in educational simulation models for medical personnel training.
Hydrogel materials provide an extremely promising group of materials that can find an increasingly wide range of use in treating urinary system conditions due to their unique properties. The present review describes achievements to date in terms of the use and development prospects of hydrogel materials applications in the treatment and reconstruction of the urinary system organs, which among others include: hydrogel systems of intravesical drug delivery, ureteral stents design, treatment of vesicoureteral reflux, urinary bladder and urethral defects reconstruction, design of modern urinary catheters and also solutions applied in urinary incontinence therapy (Figure 4). In addition, hydrogel materials find increasingly growing applications in the construction of educational simulation models of organs and specific conditions of the urinary system, which enable the education of medical personnel. Numerous research efforts are underway to expand the existing treatment methods and reconstruction of the urinary system based on hydrogel materials. After conducting the further necessary research, many of the innovative solutions developed to date have high application potential.

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